Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Dijon Pecan Tofu

Food tastes better when it rhymes. That's what inspired my latest cookbook creation. But really, it just so happens that pecans and dijon mustard taste great together. I found that out tonight when I ate my first batch of Dijon Pecan-Encrusted Tofu:

Now, the picture doesn't really do this dish justice. My borrowed camera doesn't do well in low lighting, so I had to use a flash and it's out of focus in the foreground (which bugs the crap out of me). But the tofu was marinated in a "chicken" marinade, dipped in a dijon sauce, and breaded with pecans, flour, and thyme. Then I fried it up. Though the coating was very tasty, I think texture-wise, this breading would better suit a batch of seitan. So I'll try it again soon with seitan before adding the recipe to my cookbook files.

Speaking of my cookbook, I'm setting a New Year's resolution to finally set up a tester site. I've been creating and filing away recipes for almost a year, and it's time to set some testers loose on this stuff to make sure I don't have some crazy palatte or something. I'll keep ya'll posted.

I served the tofu with some Road's End Organics vegan mac and cheese, courtesy of Lindsay's awesome care package.

Sorry for the god-awful picture...

I love this stuff, but don't buy it often enough! Tastes like creamy, noochy mac without all the time spent making a nooch sauce.

And I also roasted some Brussel Sprouts:

Honestly, these could have cooked a little longer. I was in a huge hurry to go Christmas shopping before the mall closed (it's a 20-minute drive out to the suburbs), so I rushed the sprouts. But I left the rest in the oven while I ate, so my leftovers will be much better tomorrow.

DOGGIE UPDATE: As most of you know, my doggie Datsun had a tumor removed last week. His doctor called me on Monday to let me know that his biospy came back and, in the great words of Arnold Swarzenegger, "It's not a tuma." It's some kind of benign lump thing with a long medical name. So yea!!! Thanks for all your positive words and thoughts!

Hey,I'm glad your dog is ok, thats such good news I don't know what I would do if one of my cats got sick. They become family after awhile.Your dog Datsun looks exactly like a male version of My moms dog Lola, you you happen to know what breed he is? We've been tryng to figure out what breed she is for a long time now.

2. I never really like the baked/fried slab tofu recipes I try. No matter how good the outside is, the inside always just tastes like hot tofu. Wonder what the secret is? Maybe I'm just a seitan kind of lady.

your food looks AWESOME!! i love dijon anything, and your tofu is basically making me so hungry haha.i'm really excited about you working on your cookbook, i'm sure it'll be soo amazing. :)and i'm so happy to hear about your dog, what a relief!

You're my girlfriend and you've had this site for over a year. And this is the FIRST time I've commented! LoL I miss my kitties. :( I'm sure I'll see them soon enuff tho. Well, see you Thursday! Love you! :)

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I'm a 9-year vegan, 19-year vegetarian from the Mid-South, not too far from the muddy banks of the Mississippi River. And that means cornbread, butter beans, and collard greens.
These days, I live in Memphis. Check out my cookbook — Cookin' Crunk. It's filled with yummilicious veganized soul food and country classics.